NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14: The Persevering Third Generation
In order to prove Mizuki's crime, Third Generation brought many people, including four people from Guy's class.
Mizuki is lighting a fire and letting out smoke to attract the attention of the villagers.
What happens next, the more people, the better.
Soon, some villagers noticed the smoke and came here.
When Third Generation came with a group of people, more than a dozen villagers had gathered here.
"He didn't run away, but instead burned smoke to attract villagers. What does this mean?" Third Generation was very confused.
But no matter what, there is no doubt that Mizuki killed someone.
"Take down the murderer Mizuki!" Third Generation gave the order, and two Anbu teleported directly behind Mizuki and held his arms.
Mizuki immediately shouted: "Third Generation-sama, wait a minute, I didn't kill the person, he committed suicide out of fear of crime."
Third Generation snorted and said, "That's a bunch of nonsense."
Mizuki: "Please allow me to explain the matter in detail."
Third Generation didn't give it a chance at all and said, "If there's anything to explain, just keep it."
Mizuki said loudly: "Third Generation-sama, I came here to fish and didn't bring any ninja tools with me. How can I kill him with kunai? Could it be that just because he is an Anbu ninja and has a noble status, Third Generation-sama will find a scapegoat at will. ?"
As soon as this statement came out, the surrounding villagers immediately started talking and even pointing.
Third Generation's expression changed.
"Okay, if you say you didn't kill him, I'll give you a chance to explain."
"Don't say you didn't bring a ninja tool. The kunai is not yours. What if you snatched it from him."
Mizuki sneered inwardly before explaining.
"I was fishing here. Just when a fish was taking the bait, I suddenly heard something moving behind me."
“I didn’t think much about it and just used the Body Replacement Technique.”
"When I looked back, there were already three kunai stuck in the wooden stakes used as my stand-in. Look, they are right there."
"Then this Anbu jumped down from the tree and said: I can't even kill an ordinary Chūnin in a sneak attack. I'm such a waste, how can I see Orochimaru-sama again?"
"Then he inserted a kunai into his own throat and committed suicide."
After speaking, he looked at Third Generation and said, "I have never touched these kunai. I don't believe you can detect fingerprints."
Third Generation didn’t believe a word of Mizuki’s words.
He just wanted to convict Mizuki immediately and then execute him directly.
But when the villagers looked at the wooden stake with three kunai stuck in it, they started talking louder.
Third Generation needs to maintain its image as a Hokage and cannot convict with just one word. There must be evidence.
Therefore, he could only find a medical ninja and start detecting fingerprints.
Soon, the results came out.
"Lord Hokage, all four kunai only have the fingerprints of the deceased."
"Mizuki's fingerprints, none!"
"And there are no traces of later forgery, Mizuki, he has never touched kunai at all."
As soon as these words came out, the villagers' eyes changed when they looked at Mizuki, and they no longer had the slightest suspicion.
The corner of Third Generation's eye couldn't help but twitch.
The evidence shows that this person really committed suicide, but this is obviously unreasonable. A ninja who commits suicide for no reason?
"Mizuki only knows Three Body Technique, but no genjutsu at all."
"And even Sharingan can't do illusions that can make people commit suicide."
He was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
He glanced at Might Guy standing aside, feeling very angry.
If the third shift hadn't knocked on the door at the critical moment, he wouldn't have known what happened.
At this time, Anbu also checked the surroundings several times, but could not find any evidence to prove that Mizuki committed murder. Instead, he found evidence that the root ninja was hiding in secret and attacked Mizuki.
Third Generation is even more speechless.
"Damn it!" Third Generation yelled inwardly.
After scolding Danzo for being stupid, the men he sent were so useless.
Secondly, he accused Mizuki of being cunning, but it was impossible to convict him. It was really unreasonable.
But now that the matter was over, there was no point in getting angry. He could only declare in public that Mizuki was not guilty.
So helpless!
"It's over, let's all disperse!"
Everyone dispersed, and Mizuki did not dare to continue fishing.
Third Generation has even carried out assassinations, which shows how determined it is to kill itself.
I will never go fishing in such a remote and uninhabited place again, or even go alone again.
Recalling what happened today is really thrilling.
I almost lost my life.
Fortunately, there was only one Gen-nin. If there was one more, it might not be so easy for him to deal with it.
If you want to kill people by disembodiing, after all, there are too many limitations.
If the enemy uses physical skills when they first come up, then even if he changes his body, he can only save his life, but cannot kill him.
In addition, this technique consumes too much mana and cannot be used a few times.
"The hard power is still insufficient!"
Hokage Building, Third Generation is a bit gloomy.
"Master Hokage, should the body be sent to the Torture Department and handed over to the Yamanaka clan to explore the memories of his life?" asked an Anbu.
Third Generation said: "Well, send it over."
An Anbu carried the body and prepared to go to the torture department.
But at this moment, the office door opened, and Danzo walked in on crutches with a cold face.
"Put the body down, others go out, Third Generation and I have something to talk about."
Several Anbu glanced at Third Generation, and upon seeing its signal, they all retreated, and the bodies were placed on the floor again.
"Danzo, what kind of trash did you send? You can't even deal with a Mizuki." Third Generation asked directly.
Danzo did not follow this trick and struck later.
"Hiruzen, you want to send the body to the torture department so that the Yamanaka clan can find out that I ordered them to assassinate Mizuki in order to ruin my reputation, don't you?"
"You're afraid that my reputation will surpass yours and take away your position as Hokage, aren't you?"
The Third Generation didn't care when their thoughts were revealed to their face, and asked instead: "Why, the roots of Konoha, the darkness hidden in the sun, are you afraid of a bad reputation?"
"You..." Danzo was furious.
I don't care about reputation, but you want to ruin my reputation so openly, do you have the forbearance?
"You're just scared, huh!"
"I took the body away, and all my ninja roots were cursed. Even if you send it to the torture department, you will get nothing."
Third Generation: "Only Yamanaka Haiichi, the current leader of the Yamanaka clan, can explore the memory of the deceased. It would be too wasteful for you to take the body back and dispose of it."
"As Hokage, I order you to remove the curse seal on him and send him to the torture department. I need to know what he went through before his death."
"I want to know what other secrets Mizuki is hiding."
Danzo snorted coldly: "Removing the curse seal and letting Haiyi explore the memory, won't all the secrets of my roots be exposed? By then, the loyalty of the Yamanaka clan to you will be greatly reduced."
"The three tribes of Ino-Shika-Chō advance and retreat together. If the Yamanaka tribe separates, the other two tribes will also be affected."
"Aren't you worried that without the support of Ino-Shika-Chō, the Hokage's position will not be secure?"
This makes sense. Third Generation frowned and weighed the pros and cons while smoking his pipe.
Danzo added: "Besides, he's just a Chūnin, and he's from a civilian background. How can he have any secrets?"
"I will send people again. Then kill him and let Hai Yi investigate. Then all his secrets will be known."
Third Generation put down his pipe, sighed, and said, "Okay, just do as you say."
Danzo: "Don't worry, that Mizuki, I won't let him survive more than three days."
Third Generation shook his head: "No, the villagers are talking about what happened today. If Mizuki is killed within three days, it will cause a lot of turmoil in the village."
"And after today's assassination, he must be more vigilant, and it will be difficult to find another chance for him to be alone."
"In this way, after the villagers forget what happened today in a few days, I will arrange for him to leave the village. By then, if he dies outside the village, it will have no impact."
Danzo has no objection.
So, early the next morning, Mizuki was called to Hokage's office again.
"Mizuki, now that the ninja school is on vacation, you have nothing to do all day, and you even went fishing."
"As a ninja, this is not allowed."
Mizuki said helplessly: "But, I don't have anything else to do."
Third Generation: "Okay, as a tool of the village, ninjas cannot be too idle. From today on, the village will assign you tasks."
"And the 100,000 taels of compensation you owe Qiancun Village has not been paid off yet. You should perform more tasks to make money."
Mizuki cursed in his heart, damn old guy, he is so persistent and never gives up.
"Yes, I will try my best."
Third Generation nodded: "Well, go to the mission hall to pick up the mission."
From this day on, Mizuki began to take on tasks.
Third Generation didn't do anything too obvious. The tasks assigned to Mizuki at the beginning were all D-level tasks, such as weeding, cutting down trees, and eradicating wild boars for the villagers.
They are all simple tasks that do not require leaving the village.
What was abominable was that the mission reward could not reach him at all, so the Third Generation withheld it and used it as compensation for the 100,000 taels.
Mizuki works for the village for nothing.
It didn't matter, because Mizuki knew that the real storm was yet to come.
Soon, half a month passed, and Third Generation began to take action.
Mizuki received a new mission, which was completely different from the previous mission.
C-level mission, go to the eastern border and eliminate the bandits in the mountains.
The executor is Mizuki alone.
"The bandits on that mountain are all ordinary people. There are no ninjas. If you just be careful, there is no problem at all."
"The mission reward is 80,000 taels."
"We will set off early tomorrow morning and return to the village after finishing as soon as possible."
Mizuki accepted the task with a sense of urgency in his heart.
It was obvious that this mission was a trap to get him out of the village and die.
Walking out of the mission hall, I happened to meet Team 7 coming to hand in the mission.
"Kakashi-senpai, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura-chan. I haven't seen you for a few days. You look good."
Naruto pouted and said, "Master Mizuki, it's not good at all. Every day there are boring tasks like weeding, catching cats, and taking care of children. I'm tired of it."
Mizuki smiled and said: "I will leave the village on a mission tomorrow, and it will be a while before I come back. I'm treating you tonight, Ichiraku ramen, do you want to come?"